Tag Games

To not get the virus. 1. Chose a certain amount of players to be IT. There has to be an appropriate ratio of IT’s to players (e.g. 5 ITS: 25 Players) 2. The ITS will have a special infectious “virus” on their hands. If they tag another player on the arm, the virus has now transferred to the other player. …

To be able to have fun You start by saying the the campers that they are all knights and they have protective armor all over their body except for one spot. The only spot that someone can tag them is the open palm of their non-dominate hand which will rest on the curve of their back. What’s a knight without …

Make sure you have a large space (we play this as a warm up for our college soccer team. We had about 25 people) Have campers pair up and spread way out. Choose one pair to stand in the middle while the rest of the pairs lay down on their stomachs, where they are. Then designate an “it” person from …

10-20 MATS First you simply take any and all the mats that you have at your camp. You then proceed to spread them out in a gym or any large area, preferably indoors. You have the kids take off their shoes and sit in the middle of the mats. Designate one or two taggers depending on the size of your …

Set up a flat playing area with boundaries big enough for the entire group to run in without causing injury. Choose three players to be otters. The rest of the players are clams. Tell the otters to count to 20 and then they start to chase after the clams. When one of the otters tags a clam the clam becomes …

Large area. To get to the other side of the gym without getting caught. The object of the game is to get from one side of a field/gym to the other without getting tagged by the “Pizza Makers.” Two “pizza makers” are picked to be “it.” The rest of the players are “toppings.” Ask the rest of the group to …

First you choose who is it. Then the people that are NOT IT count to five while the the person that is IT Runs away. Then you go after “IT”. Then when you tag him you become it then you have to run from everyone. (it is the same thing as regular tag but backwards!!)

Lots of brave campers and staff. Good storytelling ability. Night time. Stay alive! The game was created by myself and a co-counselor during a video game themed week while working with 30 15 year old boys, hence the name Rez Eve (Resident Evil(Rezee, Rez, Rez Evil… Children are awesome)) and the scary nature of it. The base of the game …

The counselor gathers all of the campers together and lines them up. He then calls up three campers to the front. To one camper, he whispers that he is “it”, to the second, he whispers that he is a normal player, and to the third, he whispers that he is “the doctor” i.e. the one who can make people untagged. …

Played like regular tag but the only one to stay safe is for the chasee is to place the right arm under the right leg and hold the nose. If tagged while not in the position then that person will become it.

Ask each player in the group to find their own personal space within the boundary area. Make sure there is enough room so no one is able to take one step towards someone and tag them. Adjust the boundaries out a bit if needed. Explain the guidelines and then let players adjust themselves before you start. You, as the leader, …

Cones and sponge balls To reach the other side without getting hit by a sponge ball. In order to do this game you will need some soft cones place out in a large rectangle (approx 15m x 8m but this can be modified), as many very soft sponge balls as possible (min. 10). All the kids (except two) line up …

Everyone takes off a sock and puts it in the back of their pants so that it looks like a tail. The object of the game is to steal other people’s socks without having yours taken. If your sock is taken, you must stand on the boundary and you can try to take other people’s socks if they come near …

Have campers take their shoes off and their socks slightly off. Campers crawl around on the ground on their hands and knees and try to steal other camper’s socks. Once both your socks are stolen you’re out. Last person with a sock on wins!

Materials listed in Method 2. Method 1: Two players start out as “its” or “spiders”. The other players are considered “humans”. When a human is tagged by a spider, they go to the center of the play area (the “web”). The players in the web must lay on their backs and connect (touch) by using their hands, arms, legs and …

To hold the most prisoners by the end of the game. There are two teams, and each has their own strip of land on opposite sides of the field. in the middle is a field called “No-man’s land”. basically, People from either team can leave in to no-man’s land at any time, but can be tipped by anyone that leaves …

your stix are your fingers. if a had with onely one finger (person a) hits a hand with 1 finger (person b) the person who got hit (person b )now has 2 fingers. now the person with 2 fingers(person b) can hit a person with the hand of 1 finger or the hand with 2 fingers. suppose person b hits …

Need some sort of flag. Capture the flag and/or Tag. This is a one-sided capture the flag game. It requires 3 or more participants and a playfield as large or small as needed for the size group. A flag (flashlight, shoe, hiking stick, pillow, etc) is carried by the person designated “Norman”. They run off into the woods to post …

3 balls, 3 pair of different colored arm bands Three couples are selected from the group. Each couple wears a set of colored armbands. One person from each couple holds a ball. All the remaining players are scattered around the playing area. Three posts are assigned to each couple (i.e. each couple has a home base, outside the playing area). …

To tag people as a team. Two people hold hands start off as being “it.” They can try to tag any other player but they can only use their free hands. When they tag someone, that person joins onto them by holding hands. Remember, other players can only be tagged with one of the two free hands. Players are safe …

When someone is tagged, they must squat down to form the “toilet” and hold one hand out to the side, like the “handle”. To get back into the game, someone must “flush” the frozen person and make a loud “Woooooosh” sound. Guaranteed good time!

Campers, Counselors, a field to play on and the ability to have fun The campers are trying to tag all the counselors while the counselors try to tag all the campers. Rules are the same of Everybody’s It , in which everyone can tag or be tagged. The variation in Ultimate Everybody’s it is that when tagged players who are …

A relativly large group of people You select one player to hide. The other players search for the player. When one of the searchers find the hiding player they have to scream out ‰ÛÏWEREWOLF!!‰Û Then the werewolf can come out and chase after all the other players. The person/people who he/she catches becomes it as well. The last person not …

(This game is a lot like freeze tag) Make a square with about 4-8 dome cones. Have the kids all go into the square. Blow a whistle to start. All the kids run around in the square(No going out of bounds!!)Every child is “IT”! If tagged, they get down on the ground and form a wicket(like in croquet). The only …